Improvement in adjustable names



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL M. OUMMINGS, OF ENFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO JOS. BAKER, AND R. O. AND J. P. GARR, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENTl IN ADJUSTABLE HAMES.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it' known that I, DANIEL M. OUMMINGs, of Enfield, in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Hames; and I do declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the I letters of reference marked thereon, which represent identical parts in the different gures.

Figure lis a side View of the left-hand hame and indented face-plate. Fig. 2 is a front view of the right hand haine and face-plate.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the clasp and turret scribe its construction and operation.

I construct the hames of wood in the usual manner; but, in order to make them ,more easily adjustable to different-sized collars, I construct the face-plate E (which is of suitable metal, plated or not, as' the manufacturer may prefer) with indentations a a a a on both sides, .as seen in Fig. 2. I then'construct the clasp Din the form, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4, with projections b b on the inside, as seen in Fig. 4, and I connect with the clasp D the turret 0,as seen in Figs. 3 and 4. The clasp and turret may be made of one solid'piece of metal, or the turret maybe attached to the clasp by a bolt, so as to admit of a forward and backward motion, if desired.

/The advantage gained by constructing the face-place'E with the inde'ntations a a a a on its sides, instead of perforations in the line of its center, as it has been sometimes constructed, is increased strength and durability inthe haine, the perforations not only weakening the wood, but also, by freely permitting the water to come and remain in contact With it, to cause it to decay more rap-idly.

The operation of my improvement is as follows, viz: the clasp D, with the turret O attached, is passed over the upper end of the hame, and connected by its projections b b with any pair of the indentations a a on thefaceplate E, as may be required by the size of the collar in use, and is kept in place by means of the strap which connectsI the upper parts of the right and left hames together, the strap passing between the clasp and the wood on the inside ofthe hame. Whenever it becomes necessary to adapt the hames to a collar of a larger or smaller size, the clasp is moved upward to a higher or downward to a lower pair of indentations on the face-plate, and is there kept in place by the strap connecting the upper ends of the harncs, as before stated, the turret, of course, passing up and down with the clasp.

Having described the construction and operation of my said improvement, I do not claim haines adjustable to dili'erent-sized' collars, they having been in use before my invention; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the clasp D and its projections b b with the face-plate E and its indentations a a a a, constructed and operating as above set forth.

2. The combination ofthe turret C with the clasp D, as above described.

3. The combination of the faceplate E with the clasp D, and the turret C, constructed and operating as above set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of July, A.D. 1862.

DANIEL M. cUMMINGs.

Witnesses:

`MARK PURMosT, WILLIAM WALcorT. 

